The football game didn’t matter much for a few minutes in the third quarter on Saturday.
Washington redshirt freshman M.J. Tafisi — a 6-foot, 235-pound linebacker — lay on his back, as his teammates formed a line by his side. Several kneeled in a row on the 30-yard line and prayed. Tafisi — whose injury on the previous play did not appear to be caught on camera — was transferred to a backboard, before being carted off the field. He lifted his right arm and gave a thumbs up sign to the crowd inside Arizona Stadium before transported to a local hospital.